Sanitary razor-strop cabinet.



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APPLICATION FILED NOV. I8, |918.

Patented Mar. 18,1919.

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APPLICATIQN FILED NOV.18, 1918- 1297.568. Patented Mar. 18,1919.

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JOHN RILEY JOHNSON, OF NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY RAZOR-STRG? CABINET.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application led November 18, 1918. Serial No. 263,037.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Brighton, inthe county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSanitary Razor-Strop Cabinets; and I do .de' clare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a comparatively simple andinexpensive, yet a highly eiiicient and in every way desir-l ablecabinet for containing razor strops for barber shops and the like,provision being made for wiping the strop with a damp sponge or the likeboth when it is withdrawn for userand returnedto the cabinet, and otherprovision being made to disseminate ammonia or other fumes in thecabinet for sterilizing purposes.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the uniqueconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the Fig. 2 is a front elevation withthe frontV plate removed.

Fig. the front and back sides of the cabinet, showing certain parts inelevation. Y

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the plane of the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Figs. 5 and 6 are horizontal sections as indicated by the line5-5 and-6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the sponge pressers and itscarrying means.,

Fig. 8 isa vertical section of the fume disseminator. y Y f Fig. 9 is aperspective view of a hammock which may be employed for support-r ingthe strop wiping sponge.

In the drawings above brley described,

the numeral 1 designates a vertically elongated metal casing whosefrontmay or may not be provided with a removablesection 2 slidablevertically upon suitable guides 3 as most clearly seen in Fig. 6.V Thefront sec-A tion 2, as shown, carries the bottom 4 ofthe casing whilethe top of the latter, indicated at 5, is removable. The lower side ofthe top 5 is provided with a cork plug 6 fitting snugly the upper end .Qthe' casing t0 3 isa vertical section cut between prevent the escape offumes from the disseminator and to preventthe strop wiping sponges fromdrying out. By tightening the screws 7, the plug 6 maybe compressed sothat it will expand laterally for tight engagement with the casing. Byany suitable means not shown, the casing 1 is rigidly secured to a wallor other suitable support.

The front of the casing is provided with a horizontal slot 8 whose loweredge is formed by the upper end of the removable front section 2, and inrear of this slot, a pair of flanged rollers 9 are mounted. The razorstrops 10 pass through the slot 8, over the rollers 9, and depend in thecasing 1, the lower ends of said strops being connected to cords 11which are normally woundupon vdrums 12 in the lower end of the casing,

springs 13 being provided to rotate said drums in a direction Ito .windsaid cords. It will thus be seen that the spring wound drums 12 normallyserve to reta-inthe strops 10 in the Y cabinet. By pulling upon thehandles 14 of said strops however, they may be `withdrawn for use,during which movement the drums 12 are rotated by unwinding of the cords11, thus placing the springs 13 under tension which is utilized inreturning the strops into the casing when their use is no longerdesired.

Immediately above theV .rollers 9, strop wipers, lpreferably in the formof sponges 15, are mounted in anypreferred manner. Spurs 16 and rods 17are shown for this purpose.k The rods 17 pass through the sponges and atone end are slidable on vertical rods 18, while their other ends arereceived in vertical guides 19. By this arrangement, the ksponges maybequickly and easily removed when required.

Several of the spurs 16 are carried by vertical plates 20 having hooks21 engaged with rods 21 secured to the back of the casing '1, verticallysliding latches 22 being by preference provided to prevent release ofthe hooks as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 7. Sponge pressers 23 rest on thesponges 15 and at 24 are pivotally connected to the upper ends of theplates 20 .each of said pressers being preferably of Openv mesh materialsuch as woven wire, suitable reinforcing frames 25 being providedtherefor. Cylindrical necks 26 preferably rise from the pressers 23 andit is by pouring any preferred liquid through these necks that the,sponges 15 may be saturated without removing them, it bethe strops fromabsorbing moisture from the Sponges when said strops are confined in thecasing as seen in Fig. 4, they are preferably providedwith plates 27 ofmetal or other non -v absorbing material, upon which the Spongesnormally rest. The plates 27 form sliding bottoms for the sponge boxesand may be connected to the strops and handles in any desired way. Also,these plates may be of metal, rubber, or any other appropriate material.

Vires or the like 28 depend from the front ends of the frames 25 and areconnected to 4cross arms 29, and springs 30 are connected vto said crossarms, the lower ends of said springs being provided with sheaves 31 overwhich cords 32 are trained. One end of each cord 32 is anchored to a bar32 in the casing .while the other ends of said cords are connected tothev drums 12 as seen clearlyV in Figs. 3 and 4. By the provision of theparts 28 to 32, an elastic connection is established between the drums12 and the pressers 23 and it thus follows that when these drums arerotated by withdrawal of the razor strops, the cords 32 are wound,

thus placing the aforesaid elastic v connec-V tions under tension, sothat the Sponges 15 are yieldablyv forcedagainst the strops, thusVe-Eectively cleansing their active surfaces,

both when withdrawing the strops from vand returningthem to the casing.

To sterilize the strops, a fume disseminator is supported in the casingpreferably by means of a wire basket 33. The disseminator shown (SeeFig.8) consists of a bottle 34 to contain ammonia or the like 35, the bottom3G ofthe bottle being provided with a small opening 37 closed by al cork38 bearing against said bottom. A second cork 39 is yprovided to closethe lil-ling neck 40 of the bottle 34, and a rod 41 extends through thecork 38, the opening 36, the bottle 34, and the cork 39, the upper endof said rodV being provided with a nut 42, tightening of which willpermit more or less forcible contact of the cork38 with the bottlebottom. A wick 43 is located in the bottle 34 and connected to thev rod41, being preferably wrapped. The lower end of wickV around the latter.43 passes through theopening 37 and is clamped between the cork 38 andthe bottom ofthe bottle, and vat 44 is wrapped around the cork 38;. Cork38 is provided withY a groove to receive the wick 43. The liquid y35follows the wickby capillarity to' disseminate suiiicient fumes inthecasing to ster'ilize 4the strops and Sponges. The lower @ne etree, 4.1YPreferably, Genies ,a es@ 45 sterilized by the stropping operationbefore its use, this being highly important.Y jAlso, since the strop isclean, velvety and sanitary, the razor will not cause burning of theface. Since probably the-best results are obtained from the detailsshown and described they may well be followed, but within the scope of`the invention as-claimed, numerous changes in form, proportion andminor details may well be made. For instance, instead of the spurs 16for supportv ing the pressers, hammocks such as indicated at 50 in Fig.9 may be used, such hammocks being by preference formed of silk meshupon wire frames. These hammocks may also be used in connection with thespurs in case the latter Should so disintegrate the' Sponges as toineffectively support them. I have shown two strops anda correspondingnumber of Sponges, etc., butit is tobe understoodthat anyrdesired numbercould well be used. A

I claim: Y

1. A razor strop cabinet comprising a casing having a slot, a'razorstrop normally confined in said casing and adaptedY to be withdrawnthrough said slot, a strop wiper in said casing, andmeansfor'automatically forcing` said .wiper against .said strop as. thelatter is iwitlidrawn from the casing.

2. A razor stropV cabinet comprising ay casing having a slot, arazor.strop passing through said slot, a drum in said casing rotated bywithdrawal of said strop, a strop wiper in Saidcasing a presser. forforcing said wiper against the strop, and elastic means connecting saiddrum and presser for operating the latter when said drum is rotated,said connecting meansincluding a flexible element to be woundupon saiddrum.

3. A razor strop cabinet comprising a cas-, ing havingaY slot, av razorstrop passing through-said slot, a drum in Said casing rol tated bywithdrawal of saidfstrop, a strop Vwiper in Sald casing, a presser forforcing said wiperagainst the strop, a` sheave, Spring means,connecting. said sheave and said presser, and a cord trained. aroundsaid sheave, one end of Said 'cord being anchored inthe casing and theother end thereof being secured to saiddrum, whereby rotation ef, Saiddrum by Withdrawal@ Said strop will wind said cord and place said springmeans under tension to operate said presser.

4. A razor strop cabinet comprising a casing having in its front a slot,a roller in said casing in rear of said slot, a razor strop passingthrough said slot and over said roller, a strop wiping sponge in saidcasing resting on the roller engaging portion oi" said strop, a spongepresser mounted pivotally in said casing and bearing on the upper sideof said sponge, means for moving said strop into the casing including adrum in the lower end of the latter rotated by with` drawal of saidstrop, and elastic connecting means depending from said pivoted presserand including a cord secured to said drum for .winding thereon when thelatter is r0- tated by withdrawal of the strop.

5. In a razor strop cabinet, a casing having a slot, a roller in saidcasing in rear of said slot, a razor strop passing over said roller andthrough said slot, means for drawing said strop into the casing, a stropwiper 4bearing against the roller engaging portion of said strop, andmeans for pressing said wiper more tightly against said strop as thelatter is withdrawn from the casing.

6. A structure as specilied in claim 5, said strop having anon-absorbent portion disposed normally between said wiper and saidroller.

7. A razor strop cabinet comprising a casing having in its front a slot,a roller in said casing in rear of said slot, a razor strop passingthrough said slot and over said roller, a horizontal rod in said casingnear its rear side and above said roller, a vertical plate having on itslower end a hook detachably engaged with said rod, a sponge resting onsaid strop in Jfront of said plate, a sponge presser movably mounted onsaid plate and resting on said sponge, and means connected to saidpresser for depressing the latter when said strop is withdrawn.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN RILEY JOHNSON.

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